Psychological Assessment
PYC4807
Assignment 2 Multiple Choice
Questions and Answers
Perfectionist Notes
PRIVATE TUTOR FOR HONOURS IN PSYCHOLOGY - UNISA
helping you achieve your best results
70 questions and answers
TEXTBOOK USED:
Foxcroft, C., & Roodt, G. (2018). Introduction to psychological assessment in the South African context (5th
ed.). Cape Town: Oxford University Press.
, Property of Perfectionist Notes
Distribution/plagiarism/selling/illegal use of this document will be prosecuted
Due to the randomisation of the questions on the system, this document contains 70 questions to
assist with assignment 2:
• Contains questions and answers from attempt 1 and attempt 2 of the 2022 quiz
• Contains feedback from quiz 2 from 2021
• Contains over 40 additional questions and answers
• Themes from tutorial letter 102 attached at the end of the document
Search keywords in this doc to
find the questions and answers
during your test. GOODLUCK!
Questions from attempt 1 2022:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Question 1
A cognitive test is being translated from English to Afrikaans. The forward-translation design is followed,
and a group of bilingual experts will compare the source and the target versions of the measure.
Thereafter the source version of the test will be administered to source-language monolinguals and the
target version to target-language monolinguals to determine the equivalence of these versions.
Which of the following is an advantage of administering the questionnaire to source- and target-language
monolinguals?
a) the results are generalisable to the respective populations
b) two different samples of test takers are compared
c) scores may be confounded by real differences in the ability of the groups
d) source- and target-language monolinguals must be matched
ADDITIONAL NOTES FOR QUESTION 1:
Another approach used is where source-language monolinguals take the source version and target-
language monolinguals take the target version of a measure. The two sets of scores are then compared to
determine the equivalence between the two versions of the measure. The main advantage of this
approach is that, since both source and target-language monolinguals take the versions of the measure in
their respective languages, the results are more generalisable to their respective populations
(Foxcroft & Roodt, 2018, p. 223).
1
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_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Question 2
Foxcroft (2004) provides guidelines for the development of a multicultural test (please see study note 3
under additional resources on myUnisa). She distinguishes between three approaches, namely theory-
based/rational, empirical (criterion-keying), and criterion-referenced methods.
A study was done to determine the effects of substance abuse on the well-being of users of various
addictive substances. Before starting the research, a measure of well-being was developed for a large
sample representative of the general population. Existing data on levels of happiness that were available
for this sample were used. Items for the well-being scale were selected based on the ability of the items to
discriminate between individuals with different levels of happiness. The content domain of the measure
of well-being was thus defined by means of …
a) a theoretical review
b) an analysis of learning outcomes
c) a job analysis
d) contrasting group
They randomise your questions.
They swop the order of the
questions and the answers. Do not
blindly answer. Read your
questions and answers carefully!
ADDITIONAL NOTES FOR QUESTION 2:
2
, Property of Perfectionist Notes
Distribution/plagiarism/selling/illegal use of this document will be prosecuted
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PYC4807
Assignment 2 Multiple Choice
Questions and Answers
Perfectionist Notes
PRIVATE TUTOR FOR HONOURS IN PSYCHOLOGY - UNISA
helping you achieve your best results
70 questions and answers
TEXTBOOK USED:
Foxcroft, C., & Roodt, G. (2018). Introduction to psychological assessment in the South African context (5th
ed.). Cape Town: Oxford University Press.
, Property of Perfectionist Notes
Distribution/plagiarism/selling/illegal use of this document will be prosecuted
Due to the randomisation of the questions on the system, this document contains 70 questions to
assist with assignment 2:
• Contains questions and answers from attempt 1 and attempt 2 of the 2022 quiz
• Contains feedback from quiz 2 from 2021
• Contains over 40 additional questions and answers
• Themes from tutorial letter 102 attached at the end of the document
Search keywords in this doc to
find the questions and answers
during your test. GOODLUCK!
Questions from attempt 1 2022:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Question 1
A cognitive test is being translated from English to Afrikaans. The forward-translation design is followed,
and a group of bilingual experts will compare the source and the target versions of the measure.
Thereafter the source version of the test will be administered to source-language monolinguals and the
target version to target-language monolinguals to determine the equivalence of these versions.
Which of the following is an advantage of administering the questionnaire to source- and target-language
monolinguals?
a) the results are generalisable to the respective populations
b) two different samples of test takers are compared
c) scores may be confounded by real differences in the ability of the groups
d) source- and target-language monolinguals must be matched
ADDITIONAL NOTES FOR QUESTION 1:
Another approach used is where source-language monolinguals take the source version and target-
language monolinguals take the target version of a measure. The two sets of scores are then compared to
determine the equivalence between the two versions of the measure. The main advantage of this
approach is that, since both source and target-language monolinguals take the versions of the measure in
their respective languages, the results are more generalisable to their respective populations
(Foxcroft & Roodt, 2018, p. 223).
1
, Property of Perfectionist Notes
Distribution/plagiarism/selling/illegal use of this document will be prosecuted
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Question 2
Foxcroft (2004) provides guidelines for the development of a multicultural test (please see study note 3
under additional resources on myUnisa). She distinguishes between three approaches, namely theory-
based/rational, empirical (criterion-keying), and criterion-referenced methods.
A study was done to determine the effects of substance abuse on the well-being of users of various
addictive substances. Before starting the research, a measure of well-being was developed for a large
sample representative of the general population. Existing data on levels of happiness that were available
for this sample were used. Items for the well-being scale were selected based on the ability of the items to
discriminate between individuals with different levels of happiness. The content domain of the measure
of well-being was thus defined by means of …
a) a theoretical review
b) an analysis of learning outcomes
c) a job analysis
d) contrasting group
They randomise your questions.
They swop the order of the
questions and the answers. Do not
blindly answer. Read your
questions and answers carefully!
ADDITIONAL NOTES FOR QUESTION 2:
2
, Property of Perfectionist Notes
Distribution/plagiarism/selling/illegal use of this document will be prosecuted
3
